A new parent and baby residential bay at the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care has been named the Lori Grace room, in memory of a newly-qualified paediatric nurse who sadly died before she began working there.

Health Secretary Jeremy Miles has set out new standards and expectations for high quality and safe maternity and neonatal services in Wales.

A father whose son spent around 100 days being cared for by the team on the NICU at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, is supporting other parents to come together to share similar experiences of having a baby who has received or is receiving care on the NICU.

More than 660 premature babies have been supported by Speech and Language Therapists (SLT) in Wolverhampton, enabling them to go home earlier.

The Department of Business and Trade has confirmed that the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act will come into effect from 6 April this year, helping alleviate the stress on parents with a child in hospital.

The Royal College of Midwives has welcomed an announcement of new funding for infant feeding and perinatal mental health support. Thousands of parents and children across England will be able to give their child the best start in life thanks to a £126 million government funding boost.

The Staff Wellbeing (SWell) project, led by Aston University researchers in collaboration with Birmingham Children’s Hospital and NHS England, has developed two simple, easy-to-deliver sessions to improve the wellbeing of staff in paediatric critical care (PCC) units in UK hospitals.

The Children’s Air Ambulance had another exceptionally busy year in 2024, transferring 200 critically ill babies and children across the UK, ensuring they receive the specialist care they urgently need. This marks the second consecutive year the charity has completed 200 missions, the highest number of missions in a year.

University of Brighton student Ruby Jackson has created the Melanatal app to tackle a general lack of understanding about how some conditions present in people who are not white. It will offer patients and clinicians visual guides to the signs and symptoms of conditions including jaundice, pre-eclampsia and mastitis.

The NICU at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been identified as an outstanding outlier for two measures in the National Neonatal Audit Programme, having achieved a 100% follow-up rate for all 25 eligible babies in 2023.

The brand new £32 million neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham has welcomed its first 18 babies, following the facility’s opening on 10 December. Supported by the trust’s charity, it has been designed to offer a homely environment for families.

Ann Remmers started her career at Bristol's Southmead Hospital. Her contributions to maternal and neonatal care were described by health leaders as creating a “thriving legacy.” She has been honoured with the Chief Midwifery Officer Gold Award, which recognises those with a distinguished career who have been a role model to others.